The regulation-of-autophagy pathway may influence Chinese stature variation: Evidence from elder adults

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Guo, Yan ^a,b   Pan, Feng ^a   Liu, Xiao Gang ^a   Guo, Yan Fang ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a   Dong, Shan Shan ^a,b   Qiu, Chuan ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xin ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Yang, Tie Lin ^a,b   Zhu, Xue Zhen ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,b,c,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

autophagy; GWAS; height; pathway; stature

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOPHAGY; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954974820     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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